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Friday, October 21, 2011

Decorating for Halloween

I did, I (er Mark) finally got our Halloween decorations out of storage. I don't know why I didn't do it when I pulled out fall stuff out. But that's ok, because it's out now! We only have a few things left to do this week - find/make a large spider for our spider web, and get pumpkins for painting and carving!

Easy to make porch spider web, and cheap too! I just pulled out our black yarn and started wrapping it around! Princess V helped with the scissors

Yes it's a bit small for the door, but I like it. ~Spooky~

These gourd I won over at Gingerbread and Snowflakes. The requirement though was that I try my hand at this artsy technique. I colored the both with colored pencils (it was all I had!). Then paint over them with black acrylic paint. Finally using toothpicks scratch out a design. My art skills are lacking, but the Princesses though they were pretty cool and can tell that one says Spooky in a spider web and the other is a witch with a boiling cauldron. The colors from underneath should show through, but mine didn't turn out so great. It's definitley a technique I want to continue playing around with though!

My awesome happy Halloween blocks I won from Cafemom!

Last but not least is our haunted house. It's actualy a music box, but it doesn't work. This item I got for FREE from a yard sale a couple years. One of these days I may try and fix the music box, but for now the Princesses enjoy spinning the top wheel and watching the witch zoom around in circles.

Thank you so much for sending the link so i could see how your gourds turned out! I am sorry you are disappointed with the color coming through. Mine did come out more intense that this but it could be caused by so many different variables.

Like you, I still think there are possibilities for the effect to be greater and i am going to keep trying too! Will keep you posted!